Submersible toy.



H. G. LAZtLLE.

SUBMERSIBLE TOY.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16. I917.

1,I292,6 1 8, Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

INVENTOR flo/m-e Laze/As BY WM ATTORNEY HORACE G. OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

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Specification or Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application filed October 16, 1917. Serial No. 196,854.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE G. Lem-HIE, a citizen of the United States, resldmg at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Submersflole Toys, of which the following is a SPBCifiCSLtIOIL;

The object of this invention is to provide an amusement device made to resemble an object such as a torpedo boat or whale, and to provide means whereby it may be caused to simulate the movements and actions of the same in water.

The construction of my invention is simple and inexpensive and entirely under the control of the operator.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view shown partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section'ofa preferred form of my invention. Fig. 2 is'a side elevational view of the vessel asrepresented in Fig. 1,'shown floating in water and indicating in dotted.

lines" positions the vessel ,willassume in diving-and ascendingtoward-the surface.

In ,.:thedrawings:,5 represents a-vessel of 'tin ori'ad equivalentmade' to. represent a whale;whicli. is'fcliosen -as a good type of ob ject'with fwhichftof' describe the invention,

but thefinvention gis applicable to other types.

Pe p a Theassesseswaistedb5 a 1 8B partitionfifd o'sfds'omewhat nearer to the exteriorthrough' an opening such as 9, the

8 being "iniperforatei Within the vessel is. provided'an inflat able rubber sack 10, the larger portion of said sack being disposed in the 'forward compartment 7 and havinga relatively smaller portion 10 extending throughan opening- 11 of saidpartition into the rear eompart ment 8, as shown. 7 f

12 represents a tube extending through the a vessel wall at 13 and making communicative connection between the sack 10 and the resilient hollow rubber ball 14, said ball being provided with an aperture 15 which serves,

esselitotiafiord compartments '7 and 8,.Ithe'-2-former?beingaof considerably" larger capacity jand communicating ,witli'the' ll of the smaller compartment upon occasion, for the inlet and discharge of air.

16 represents a tube extending from near the bottom of compartment 8 through partition 6 to a nozzle attachment 17 connected in the vessel shell, as shown.

In operation, the vessel is placed in a body of water represented by W in Fig. 2, whereupon the water will enter throughopening 9 into compartment 7 and thence through partition opening 11 into compartment 8, a small amount of air remaining in compartment 8 above said opening.

By being thus 'flooded with water, the vessel will descend in a position such as represented by dotted lines A in Fig. 2, and cause the vessel to descend. The operator squeezes the ball 14 to effect the inflation of the sack 10, during which action the aperture 15 is closed bythe operators finger.

In being inflated, the sack is expanded uniformly and primarily closes the partition opening 11 to prevent any outflow of water therethrough from the compartment 8. In the continued inflation of the sack,

. that portion within the compartment 7 will be distended to occupy more space, as indi cated by dotted line 10 than is accomplished by the sack portion 10 :with respect to the other compartment?8, resulting in the displacement of almostall the w'ater from compartment 7, consequently. providing a V relatively large amountofbuoyancyto the head By forcing'more air into thesack, the portion 10 thereof is distended to occupy a space suchas indicated by dotted lines 1.0 in Fig.

1, causingthe surrounding water to be" expelledythrough't ube 16 and nozzle 17 reseme l ngatheispoutmg of a whale at the surface. 'Itfis'apparentlthat the vessel may be brought to the surface by suitably regulating the pressure'on ball 14 and the spouting may be caused to occur from the time its nose appears above the surface until it is submerged 1n the following diving action.

To cause the vessel to dive, the operator still holding his finger over ball aperture 15, allows the ball 14 to reassume its normal expanded position, withdrawing the air from the sack 10, water thereupon entering the surface in about the. positionfin.which it is I compartment 7 while no water can enter the compartment 8 until the sack has contracted sufiiciently to provide a passage-about the sack in the partition opening 11, the tube 16 meanwhile being water sealed.

From the foregoing it is evident that the regulation of the ball 14 dictates both the trim and the vertical movements of the vestrol the longitudinal trim of the vessel to selectively have either end of the same uppermost.

2. In a toy, the combination with a vessel divided into two compartments, of pneumatic devices including an inflatable sack extending into bothof said compartments whereby water may be displaced from the interior of the vessel to regulate the longitudinal trim of the latter when in water.

3. In a toy, the combination with a vessel divided into two compartments, of pneu matic means including an inflatable sack whereby Water maybe successively displaced from both of said compartments when the vessel is submerged in water.

4. In a submersible toy, the combination with a hollow vessel, having an opening for the admission and discharge of water, of

* controlled to vary the longitudinal inclination of the vessel in its descending and ascending movements.

6. Ina submersible toy, the combination with a vessel divided by an apertured partition into two compartments of unequal size arranged one in front of the other, the forward of said compartments having an opening communicating with the space surrounding the vessel, of an inflatable sack provided in the forward compartment and extending through the aperture of. said partition into the rear 1 compartment, said rear compartment communicatlng wlth an outlet in the forward compartment, and means to intro- .duce air into the sack .to inflate the same whereby water is displaced from the forward compartment and ejected through said outlet from the rear compartment.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 8th day of Oct, 1917. y

HORACE G. LAZELLE.

Witnesses PIERRE .BABNES, E. PETERSON. 

